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Will O’Connell loves onstage costume changes.

Will O’Connell is obviously quite mad. Not content with acting in ​NIGHT LETTERS by Ross Dungan as part of our 2014 productions alongside Karen Ardiff and Jay Duffy, he obviously decided his director Peter Daly had an easy time of it and has returned as one of our directors this year.  We’ll soon learn him! We highly recommend […]

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Mark O’Brien ran away with the circus in his head. Now for the circus outside his head!

Our next director in the hot seat is Mark O’Brien. Mark is the Director of axis, Ballymun. Theatre directing credits include; for axis, ‘Bang Bang’, ‘Tea Chests and Dreams’ and ‘The Parting Glass’ by Dermot Bolger (touring nationally and Internationally), ‘Glimmer’ by Joe Flavin, ‘Stór’ by Ciaran Taylor, ‘The Good Father’ by Christian O’ Reilly, ‘Cleaners’ […]

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“Anything was possible if you let your imagination run free” Michael Barker-Caven, director 2018

And we’re back! Continuing our tradition of getting to know the participants in The 24 Hour Plays: Dublin we kick off this year’s profiles with Michael Barker-Caven who will be one of our daring directors this year.  And what a director! Currently Artistic Director the Civic Theatre, Tallaght, Michael is a ten times Irish times nominee […]

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Selina Cartmell is looking forward to terrified laughter. Whose? I’m not sure.

Selina Cartmell , who likes a curly wurly, is currently Artistic Director of the multi-award winning company Siren Productions based in Dublin. She is one of our six directors this year.  In her Q&A below she extols the virtues of  animals’ and children’s purity and energy. She hasn’t met my kids. Or Eva C. Scanlan’s cat. […]

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Aoife Spillane-Hinks hopes the impossibility of #24HrDub will liberate her

50% of our directors this year are female. Aoife Spillane-Hinks is 30% of those and she is a big Instagram fan. You can find her there or on Twitter or Facebook. Or maybe you would like to see how she works from start to finish? All over 24 Hours? If so, we have a very few […]

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Donnacadh O’Briain has an Olivier Award in his loo

Today’s victim interviewee is Donnacadh O’Briain who I bet spends his life spelling his name across the water. It’s a challenge even to a Gaeilgeoir like myself! You can find out lots more about him beyond his name below and over on his site. Introduce yourself please. You can even describe yourself as your granny […]